Pecos County Veterans Service Officer (Michael Pules), Fort Stockton

The office. Michael Pules, Veterans Service Officer, 103 W. Callahan St (as the page spells the Courthouse's street, Callaghan), Fort Stockton, TX 79735; (432) 336-8271 and (432) 336-2670; [email protected]. The page gives no hours, so call first. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list still names Michael Corkrum at the office's number, with an e-mail address ([email protected]) in a domain that does not exist. How the post was filled. The Commissioners Court's agenda of November 24, 2025 called for "Applications and Resume's for County Veterans Service Officer", and on December 22, 2025 it met in closed session to "Interview Applicants for Veterans' Service Officer" and returned to open session "for the Hiring of a Veterans' Service Officer". The county posts no minutes, so the vote is not on record; the county's page now names Mr. Pules. How the county funds it. General Fund department 405, "Veterans Service Office", is $76,075 in the 2027 budget (the fiscal year ending December 2027), adopted August 24, 2026 by a record vote of four to one: salaries $56,965 (2026 $55,306), FICA $4,358, retirement $9,212, registration fees $400, and $5,140 for supplies, communications, travel ($2,000), equipment repair, rentals ($940) and dues. The 2026 budget of $72,960 had spent $40,176.51 by July 31, 2026, when the Court took up "additional Funds for remainder of 2026" for the officer (August 10, 2026); 2025 spent $22,600.46, with $4,705.84 of salaries and $12,786.60 of part-time salaries, and 2024 spent $63,277.87.